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Airplane wiring soon could be made of recycled plastic, and that would have a stunning impact on aircrafts’ carbon footprints. An article in The Conversation by Alvin Orbaek White, a Senior Lecturer in engineering at Swansea University in Wales, explains how replacing copper alloys with carbon wires made from recycled plastic can achieve a tenfold improvement in environmental impact. An average passenger plane contains 100 to 200 miles of wiring for…

Digital health technologies definitely energized this year’s CES. “The ideas and technologies you see around us this week are going to be life changing,” said CES Executive Vice President Karen Chupka (pictured above) as she kicked off the show during the CTA State of the Industry keynote. For instance, “wearable makers like Withings and Circular are helping to bring medical support and guidance closer to home, changing the face of…

Dow has invested in Mr. Green Africa, the first recycling company in Africa to be a Certified B Corporation. This investment marks the first of its kind from Dow on the continent and expects to enable approximately 90 kilotons (kt) of plastic waste to be recovered over four years and recycled into new packaging applications. With the support from Dow and other investors, Mr. Green Africa plans to expand its operations in Kenya where it…

Plastic container manufacturer Ring Container Technologies has developed a customizable PET solution for maintaining carbonation in beverages and energy drinks.  Bottles with BarrierGuard Enhance technology are customizable into unique shapes, creating on-shelf brand differentiation for smaller size carbonated PET bottles. “Enhance is breakthrough bottle technology allowing beverage and energy drink manufacturers to re-imagine their carbonated drink space and brands,” says Tim Ferrel, VP of business development at Ring. “After a…

EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies, a joint venture (JV) between automotive Tier suppliers ElringKlinger and Plastic Omnium, was formed in March 2021 to develop and industrialize fuel-cell technology to accelerate the development of hydrogen mobility. The JV benefits from both companies’ expertise in industrial-scale production to supply stacks and components in large volumes with the help of highly efficient automated manufacturing processes fully audited for proven automotive quality. The new company…

A year ago, as the first images of healthcare workers being vaccinated against COVID-19 were broadcast, and well before we all began an unwanted lesson in the Greek alphabet, I would not have thought my predictions post for 2022 would mention the “C” word through anything but a retrospective view. Yet, as I write this, daily cases numbers and total hospitalizations are at new peaks. The pandemic is very much…

Calling it a milestone in its circular economy initiatives, Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) today announced the first commercial sales of its Marlex Anew Circular Polyethylene. CPChem uses advanced recycling technology, also referred to as chemical recycling, to process pyrolysis oil, a feedstock made from difficult-to-recycle waste plastics, which can then be used to manufacture new products. CPChem has already begun delivering Marlex Anew Circular Polyethylene and said that it is working…